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Jeff's shock AAA Heavyweight Title win
Jeff mentioned his shock AAA title win as another reason why he's excited to embark on his tour of the UK, which prompted me to ask him why exactly he wanted to return to the ring after a year out and what this means for his future.
Jeff Jarrett: After the Hall of Fame, I worked with AAA, the number one Lucha Libre organisation quite frankly, they're right up there with the number two wrestling organisation, quite frankly, in the world, obviously the WWE is number one, but I'd have to put New Japan and AAA in there as 2-A and 2-B.
And so I became the Mega Champion for the second time, I'm pretty proud of that. To my knowledge, it'll be the first time that the AAA Mega Champion, the current reigning champion, has touched down in the United Kingdom with the title.
You mentioned AAA, one of the big things that happened this year, was, as you said, you winning the Mega Champion title, we won't talk about how you won that title, with the help from Konnan, we won't talk about that, but it was your first match in under a year. What made you want to get back into the ring after all that time?
Jeff Jarrett: You know AAA, and the Mexican audience, we have had, alongside with Karen with me, we have had a unique relationship over the years. We'll call it a love-hate relationship, I love the lucha libre style and the audience and they love to hate me.
So with Konnan and his legendary career there, he's a brilliant creative mind. All the pieces of the puzzle have gone together; the newest baddest faction that's going down, Mad. It's just been put together and taking off so, you know, the timing was just right.
When the opportunity came down, me and Rey Mysterio had many, many matches back in the day in WCW and Doctor Wagner is a legendary figure so when the opportunity presented itself to be in a threeway against those guys, it's hard, it's really hard, to turn down that opportunity.
So does this title win mean that going forward we're going to see you wrestling more than perhaps we've been used to seeing you wrestle recently?
Jeff Jarrett: I've got to pick my spots, I guess that's the obvious answer, but this is somewhat new ground for me. It's been many, many years since I've had the opportunity to work so independently with so many promotions. I'm going to be working with [Pro Wrestling] Chaos in Bristol and with a promotion that I've wanted to work with for quite some time ICW up in Glasgow, and doing the Comic-Con. So I'm very independent and I haven't had that ability [until now].
So the opportunity presented itself with AAA and I certainly seized it so if any other opportunities come along I'll certainly take a long, hard look at it. Physically I feel fantastic, better than I have in years, and I'm working out, quite frankly, very, very hard every day, so I'm excited, I really am excited about 2018.
Coming up, Jeff Jarrett talks about which wrestlers he'd have on his roster if he were the General Manager of a promotion, his future with WWE and if he has any regrets over his extensive career.
